Tuesday Obituaries

A resident of Covington, he died at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington. He was born April 5, 1939 in Natalbany and was 71 years of age. Beloved husband of Carol Varnado Vickers for 53 years. Father of Monica Vickers Shaw and her husband, John, Clyde Dean Vickers and his wife, Tammy, D. Brent Vickers and his wife, Connie Lynn and Eric Hiram Vickers and his wife, Connie Ann. Proud grandfather of 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Brother of Agnes Vickers Miller and her husband, Charles and Mary Ellen Vickers Gulotta and her husband, the late J.B. Gulotta and numerous nieces and nephews. Son of the late Gladys Goings Vickers and Hiram Vickers. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 26, 2010. Services conducted by Rev. Luke Walters. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite.

Lester Giles Campbell
(March 15, 1919 – August 24, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood, he died at 12:10 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in Kentwood. He was born March 15, 1919 in Schuyler County, IL and was 91 years of age. He is survived by his 2 daughters, Virginia Kay Allen and her husband, Joe, Kentwood and Carol Ann Muncy and husband, Don, Altus, OK; grandchildren, Richard Dodds, Robert Dodds, Rhonda Vega, Mark Muncy, Paul Muncy, Joe E. Walker, Jr., Michael T. Walker; step-granddaughters, Laura Poulus, Margaret Kindlimann and Kelly Goodlett; 9 great-grandchildren; 3 step-great-grandchildren; 2 step-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Theora Grace Steele Campbell; daughter, Mary Ellen Dodds; father, James Eli Campbell; mother, Grace Stevens Campbell; brother, Homer Campbell; infant brother, Herbert E. Campbell; twin brother, Chester James Campbell; 2 sisters, Minnie E. Simpson and Annabell Croxton. Graveside Services will be held at Good Hope Cemetery, Rushville, IL. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of local arrangements.